Willband Nov 19

[Chris]

Did a walk at Willband this morning. The windy conditions likely caused a few of the smaller birds to go into hiding. However, I did see one Chestnut-backed Chickadee which is my first for the location. Even though I heard it, I wanted to get a visual. A lot of waterfowl were present. Quite a lot of Common Mergansers and a few Hooded.


Hooded Merganser at Abbotsford--Willband Creek Park

No Bittern but a couple of Herons


Great Blue Heron at Abbotsford--Willband Creek Park

I was surprised by the number of eaten duck carcasses. Counted at least 7.

[Randy]

Chris do you think the duck carcasses could have been ill birds from AI?

[Chris]

Tough to say. However, I did see one dead Mallard floating near the shore with no evidence of a predator. I didn't see any living birds with signs of AI.